The new law has drawn criticism from civil rights groups who say it is a way of working around a recent federal court ruling striking down the state’s anti-panhandling laws.
In 2019, the Montgomery City Council passed an ordinance that would have subjected people arrested for panhandling to jail time. The ordinance drew criticism, and it was later repealed.
version of the bill that passed restored the anti-begging provision while keeping the ban on loitering in the streets. “What that report tells us, one of the greatest reasons why pedestrians are killed is because of people being distracted by their smartphones,” West said. “Other reasons are drug or alcohol use by the driver or the driver is speeding. If public safety is the actual concern, legislators may be trying to address the wrong problem.”
“An officer has an option, if you read the bill, to take them to a shelter or wherever they need to be, whether it is mental health or what,” Ingram said. “If they say they are homeless, they will take them to a shelter.”
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